Improved blacksmiths  tqngs



. To all 'whom it finay concern:

y cl-ating my improvements.

` parts. l D y y l `Myniiwention has for its object to. improve the construction of blacksmiths tongs, nippers,4 and'other 'marasma anni" 1l Hire.

ANDREW 1J. DEXTER; or NORTH ROSTER, RHODE ISLAND.

TJ-@aars fatturato. 105,555, dated my 19, 1870.

IMPROVE!) BLACKSMITHS .TQNG-S.

The Schedule referred to inthese JLetters. Patent and niaking part of the same. d

Beit known thatI, ANDREW J. DEXTER, of North Foster, infthey county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement, in Blacksmiths"` Tongs, Svc.; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

l exact descriptionA thereof',which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part ot', this specification.

Figure `1 is a side view of a blacksmiths tongs illus- Figure 2 is a detail cross-section ofthe same, taken ythrough the line x, g. 1. y L

n TSimilar" letters of reference indicate corresponding similar tools, in such a way as to enable them to be so adj usted that they may hold Varticles of dii'erent'thicknesses firmly and squarely, `the jaws both rest-ing,

throughout their Whole length, up'on the opposite sides ofthe said articles and i It consists in the construction and combination of the arm'and adjusting-sereiv`wvith the two parts of vthe tongs, as hereinafter more fully described.

'l A and B are the two parts of `the tongs, which are constructed in'about the ordinary form and manner, as shown in Iig. 1', excepty thatthe'y are not `pivoted 'to cach other. y

O is a bar, the rear end of which is `pivoted to one of the parts of thetool, as A, by a screw, and the other or forward end of y which is pivoted tothe forof its jaw, 'as shownin g. 1. .Y

D is a'screw, Whih liasses through a hole 4in the one part, as A, aud screws into a screw-hole in the bar C, so that, by turning thesaid screw D, `the two parts A B-may be adjusted further apart or closer toward 'part of the other part, as B, at or near the base gethergv according as the article to be held may be thicker or thinner.

Y Upon the screw D, between the parts A andV close up to the part A, is placed a small nut E, which holds the said part close up to the head of the said screw, and thus swivels it to the screw.

c'- is an arm formed upon the forward end of the bar C, and which projectsupward along the side of the part A, at the base of its jaw, to serve 'as a stop t'o prevent the article being held by the toolfroin com'- ing incontact wit-,11 the screw D.Y

If desired, the stop c' may be madeentirely sc'pa-v `ratefroln the bar-O."

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MABEE, JAMES-T. GRAHAM. 

